Test 11 · ★ · Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite m…

How long was Poseidon grounded for joining the plot, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: ground, join · To what, where: Poseidon, plot

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 515 «Greek Myths, Hephaestus and Poseidon, part 21: Aphrodite mocks her limping husband, and Poseidon's golden sea-palace is described» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 grounded	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grounded	aux:pass
4	Poseidon	Poseidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 grounded	nsubj
5	grounded	ground	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 joining	mark
7	joining	join	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 grounded	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plot	det
9	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joining	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 then	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 joining	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 grounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ground	past · passive		Poseidon				long property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination
2	join	gerund		the plot			then		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plot=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A whole year, chained in the mountains beneath Etna with no food, water, or the company of other gods

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 year	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 year	amod
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chained	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chained	punct
5	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 mountains	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mountains	det
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chained	obl
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 Etna	case
10	Etna	Etna	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chained	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 food	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 food	det
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chained	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 water	punct
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 food	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 company	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 company	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 company	det
19	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chained	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 gods	case
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 gods	amod
22	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 company	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chain	participle · passive		a whole year		the mountains		beneath Etna; with no food and water; the company of other gods obl	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with food=Instrument

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A whole year without the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 year	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 year	amod
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 year	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Forced to serve as a slave in Troy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 serve	mark
3	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Forced	xcomp
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 slave	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 slave	det
6	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 serve	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Troy	case
8	Troy	Troy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 slave	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	participle							vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	serve	to-infinitive						as a slave in Troy	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as slave=Attribute

Option 4

Chained in a cave for some months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 cave	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cave	det
4	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chained	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 months	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 months	det
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Chained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chain	participle				a cave	month		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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